On Monday, May 1, the Writers Guild of America (WGA), the national organization representing television and film screenwriters across the U.S., voted to call an industry strike, following six weeks of failed contract negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP)(opens in a new tab).

Late-night writers and WGA members, Zhubin Parang, Greg Iwinski and Liz Hynes discuss the reasons and goals for the writers' strike.